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lol - yeah. It was kind of a spur of the moment, super cheap, bought used... REALLY AMAZING deal. couldn't pass up seeing as my PC was breaking by the second.

But..here i am! haha Last night I actually tried to edit photos, but nothing looks right. I need to calibrate.

I did this one on the mac, not sure how i feel about it, but at least i can contribute - what do you guys think of the colours?
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/7514/img19291rq1.jpg

Check the gamma on the Mac. The default is 1.8 - should be at 2.2 to look better and be more accurate.

great, thanks

how do i check that? :)

Oh hey! It's Zoe! How is she doing? The picture looks a bit too yellow on my just calibrated monitor.

go to sys prefs -> display -> colour -> imac -> calibrate -> uncheck expert => 2.2

lol close - Chloe
She's doing well :)

Too yellow hey.. hmms ok.
I will try Huck's calibration info and i'll play around with it (@ work now)

A couple of quick edits from today. I think the second one is too saturated.. needs some more adjusting. I'll post up the rest of the set later in another thread.. must study biochem! YAAAAAAAR

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3194/...e30832.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3226/...2eefc3.jpg?v=0

btw.. this is my first time setting up my strobes. Needs much improvement! Your C&C is MUCH appreciated :D

Here's one more:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/...c9715a.jpg?v=0

i think the shadows need some more work.

whoa - the new calibration makes everything look 100 times different.

thanks guys, ill keep playing with it.

ps. the last photo - i think the white balance seems really off. I know you said you still have to work on them, but the shorts blend with his skin, in a not very flattery way.

^^ thanks.. i think i need to calibrate my monitor as well.. either that or my eyes are just wonky.

Re-adjusted the photos and uploaded them again:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3171/...fc1efb.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3045/...8c311c.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/...820b24.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/...d58156.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/...f684c2.jpg?v=0

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...DSC_0043-1.jpg

cube-e-craft kirby

who did all his ink? any relation to the tattoo artist Jeff tam?

Election Day 2008:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/...fbc344464a.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3201/...eb6107c7a3.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/...0f05888b25.jpg

Bad Apple:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3283/...c73a1426c7.jpg[/QUOTE]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3150/...9d587a4d6e.jpg
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/...808989b114.jpg

something different from what I normally do :) friend wanted me to help him take pictures of his tshirt line. he wanted a dark feel/look to it. Any comments is appreciated :) thx

*picture was taken with, Canon 40D, 50mm 1.4 natural lighting.

-ed

focus more on the shirts. i think it woulda looked cool if you cropped the head and got tighter on the shirts

The shirts don't come out that well. Perhaps dodge them a bit to highlight them more?

Took these last nite

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3049/...3f8cc4f8_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/...04a3209c_b.jpg

i like the moon on the first one. Looks like a search light from a helicopter or something.

the parking signs are a bit distracting though

Hmmm...second shirt is pretty nice. What's his brand?

its called FAM

http://www.famative.com/

-ed

Ah...then it's sold at Subdivision, I think.

yup subdivision should have it..if not, just let me know, i can get u which ever design u want.

-ed

You could have achieved a dark feeling to the photos and still have the shirts highlighted by using harsher shadows and moodier lighting techniques. In general, I would say that the focus wasn't really the shirts. Now, if your objective was to indeed to highlight the shirts in a moody/raw kind of way, I would then say it was unsuccessful.

Try using direct flashes at more oblique angles to the subject. Maybe even a harsher back light to make the shirts pop a bit more. Gels could even help it out.

Keep it up!